The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing

William T. Blows (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

330 Seiten

2010 | 2nd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-57097-8 (ISBN)

Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage

Artikel merken

Written by an experienced nurse lecturer who also trained as a mental health nurse, this book explores the underlying biology associated with the pathology of mental health disorders and the related nervous system. Fully revised for this second edition, the text includes three new chapters on brain development,pharmacology and learning, behavioural and developmental disorders.

Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic knowledge with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health Nursing covers topics including:

the physiology of neurotransmission and receptors

hormones and mental health

the biology of emotions, stress, anxiety and phobic states

the biology of substance abuse

the pharmacology of psychoactive drugs

developmental disorders

brain anatomy and development

the biology of behaviour

genetics and mental health

affective disorders: depression, mania and suicide

schizophrenia

autism and other syndromes

the ageing brain and dementia

degenerative diseases of the brain

epilepsy.

Accessibly laid out, with many of diagrams, tables and key points at the end of each chapter, this is an essential text for mental health nursing students, practitioners and educators.

William T. Blows is Lecturer in Applied Biological Sciences at City University, London. He is also the author of The Biological Basis of Nursing: Clinical Observations and The Biological Basis of Nursing: Cancer.

1. Introduction to the brain 2. Brain development 3. Neural communication 4. Neurotransmitters and receptors 5. Hormones and mental health 6. The biology of behaviour 7. Genetic disorders affecting mental health 8. Drug use and abuse 9. Anxiety, fear and emotions 10. Schizophrenia 11. Depression 12. Epilepsy 13. Subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain 14. The ageing brain and dementia

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.12.2010
Zusatzinfo	42 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
ISBN-10	0-415-57097-2 / 0415570972
ISBN-13	978-0-415-57097-8 / 9780415570978
Zustand	Neuware